"the busiest season for drilling is in the winter, when the ground is frozen. Cold temperatures, high winds, frozen ground, heavy snowfall and ice are not ideal for outdoor activity. But for Oil and Gas Industry, the conditions are just right for the winter drilling season in Canada. The frozen ground allows us to move heavy rig equipment where roads do not exist, or without damaging existing roads. When the ground is thawing or wet, road bans are put in place by the county to protect the roads and ground"

There’s high demand for Canadian heavy oil on the U.S. Gulf Coast amid declining shipments from Venezuela and Mexico,

Alberta's production curtailment program (now @ 175,000 barrels per day) boosted the price for their crude so much that it was no longer economical for refiners to take deliveries of it by more-expensive rail

This caused a large portion of Alberta’s rail-shipping capacity to be shut in

@mikezaccardi 8:49 AMEd Vallee | Empire Weather LLC @EdValleeWx1mMonitoring the northeastern Gulf of Mexico for possible tropical development next week. Conditions are marginal, but water temperatures are incredibly warm. Minimally, heightened rainfall risks need to be monitored during this period.

- The PES Refinery was comprised Point Breeze and Girard Point facilities. The Refinery complex had a capacity to process 335,000 bpd- On June 10th a fire broke out at the Point Breeze section, and then 11 days later in the Girard Point section a butane vat connected to a 30,000 bpd alkylation unit ignited causing a series of explosions.- from satellite imagery, Ursa concludes the fire destroyed the alkylation unit, including the eastern half of the train, the reactors and settlers, and damaged adjacent pipelines. In addition, the fractionation tower remained in tact, but pipeline infrastructure connecting unit components was gone.- The alkylation unit produces alkylate, a premium gasoline feedstock- Refineries along the Altantic Seaboard are experience challenging economics- By June 26, NYMEX RBOB was 10% higher than just six days earlier.